Identifies the person who recorded the clinical AJCC staging elements and the stage group in the patient’s medical record.

Data captured in this field can be used to evaluate the source of clinical staging and form the basis for quality management and improvement studies. This item can be used to monitor application of the CoC Staging Standard.

00	Not Staged
10	Physician, NOS, or physician type not specified in codes 11-15
11	Surgeon
12	Radiation Oncologist
13	Medical Oncologist
14	Pathologist
15	Multiple Physicians; tumor board, etc.
20	Cancer registrar
30	Cancer registrar and physician
40	Nurse, physician assistant, or other non-physician medical staff
50	Staging assigned at another facility
60	Staging by Central Registry
88	Case is not eligible for staging
99	Staged but unknown who assigned stage